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I' m Lada on insulin still in honeymoon .Before insulin in april 8.9 %, last week 6.1% .So proud of myself :-)

Hello Elaine, I have Lada diabetes too. Misdiagnosed as type 2 at age of 32. Controlled with LCHF for 1.5 years. After my HBa1c risen from 6.7 to 10.2 within 6 months I pushed my GP for c- peptide and anti GAD test, results came positve and I was put on insulin straight away. Before insulin my...

So you are like me ( I am 34) a bit too young to have type 2 being only a bit overweight on diagnosis. From what I read on this forum not all doctors are as helpful as mine. MY DSN was a nightmare wouldnt send me for those important blood test because " they are expensive".I wish you good luck...

HEY Lisa. Please do ask a doctor for those tests .Can I ask how old are you?

Hi Lisa.My story is similar to yours.I was and still am a bit overweight. ..diagnosed as type 2 around 2 years ago . No meds hb 6.7, 6 months later 5.9, then 6.6. On low carb diet since diagnisis and all of the sudden hba1c shoot up to 10.1. .It means my average sugar was about 13 mmol . Tried...

Misdiagnosed as type 2 -May 2012, age 32, diagnosed as type 1 on 10 April 2014.

Yay .Finally I got to see a specialist diabetic doctor at the hospital.My GAD test came back positive and my c-peptide was low. For a start she told me to take 6 u of Lantus insulin at bedtime. I was given a fancy blood glucose meter Freestyle Insulinx.I was told to record my bs only before bed...

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Yes I intend to compain about her, but I wait until official type 1 / 1.5 diagnosis as I was so excited about my GAD results that I forgot to ask my doctor if he changed in his computer or are we waiting for hospital team to confirm this

Thanks for reassuring me that insulin is not all bad. I hope my hospital appointment will be soon and the won't be so dismissive and stupid as my DSN.Because she was telling me for 18 months that there is no chance that I am type 1 , and refused to do tests.

Thank you Smidge for your reply...I am terrified of being on insulin, but I know there ' s nothing I can do to stop it. I think it might be better to be on it sooner before my pancreas give up completely.I m scared of hypos.Do you get them often? Is it rare to be on insulin and not to have them...

So after 2 weeks on Metformin, not helping at all I went to see a doctor. I told him that I suspect that I might have type 1.5/Lada and bless him he agreed to do anty Gad test and C-Peptide. I had them done in hospital 1 week ago. Yesterday I got a call from my GP, asking me to come to urgent...

You see.the problem is when I wad diagnosed with hb 6.7 .strated low carb and it worked straight away.after trying Newcastle Diet it was down to 5.9, six months latet back to 6.6, and after anothet 6 months when I let myself eating more carbs and stopped testing hb 10.is it really possible to...